Motion City Soundtrack and Next aside, the national music acts who emerge from Minnesota tend to be somewhat different than the average stars. Take Cloud Cult: they’ve driven around the country in a van with solar panels on its roof, their live shows feature two painters creating art on stage, and they’re unafraid to use rock ‘n’ roll to address life’s Big Questions.

A new documentary about the Latino arts in Minnesota had its first screening on Thursday, October 28 at Neighborhood House on St. Paul’s West Side. Latino Arts: A Community Vision, written by Lorena Duarte and Lisa Blackstone, highlights the work of 12 different Latino artists from different disciplines discussing their work and how it relates to heritage, arts and culture, language, multigenerational relationships, and education.